When do finite sample effects significantly affect entropy estimates?

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 513-516

  Dudok De Wit, T ^a  

^a CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

02.50. r Probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043284363     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100510050963     Document Type: Article

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